Petitioner sought redaction of personal details from High Court records under Articles 226 and 227. Court held petition infructuous as details were masked by Registrar and removed grievances regarding third-party websites to be handled elsewhere.
None granted; petition declared infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA S.DIXIT
WRIT PETITION NO.6187 OF 2021(GM-RES)
BETWEEN:
MS. ARADHANA LAKHTAKIA, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, DAUGHTER OF MR KAPIL LAKHTAKIA, 304, EXPRESS APARTMENTS, RICHMOND ROAD, BENGALURU-560 025.
… PETITIONER
(BY SMT.NIDHINSHREE B V, ADVOCATE)
AND:
THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560 001.
… RESPONDENT (BY SRI.REGISTRAR COMPTER’S PERSONALLY APPEARING FOR SRI. REGISTRAR GENERAL, FOR R1)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT TO REDACT/DELETE THE PETITIONERS NAME, AGE, FATHERS NAME AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FROM THE DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE HONBLE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA IN THE ORDER DTD 11.04.2019 PASSED BY THIS HONBLE COURT IN CRIMINAL PETITION NO.1028/2019, IN THE CAUSE TITLE, BODY OF THE ORDER, AND ANY OTHER RECORDS MAINTAINED IN RELATION TO THIS CASE OR RELATED CASES, TO THE EXTENT OF THE SAME NOT BEING VISIBLE IN THE SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE OR ANY OTHER SEARCH ENGINES OR WEBSITES, ON THE INTERNET VIDE ANNX-C AND ETC.,
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THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN B GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
ORDER
The petition has become infructuous inasmuch as
Registrar (Computers) of this Court being personally present submits that the name of the petitioner has been masked and her personal details shall not be available on the digital records of the court.
regard to other web sites, may be worked out in accordance with law elsewhere.
The writ petition is disposed off, costs having been made
easy.
Sd/JUDGE
Snb/
Ms Aradhana Lakhtakia
Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru
Krishna S Dixit
As recorded by the court registry
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